Re:Addressing Criticism of RISC-V Microprocessors
by tsmi on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:39PM
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I’m sure that’s what the team that invented segment registers said too.
The question is does it make sense to add these to the ISA long term? In the short term, given die density and how memory works today, it has advantages. But die density increases, making OoO cores cheaper, and memory technology changes. It’s not obvious that these are long term improvements.
The question is does it make sense to add these to the ISA long term? In the short term, given die density and how memory works today, it has advantages. But die density increases, making OoO cores cheaper, and memory technology changes. It’s not obvious that these are long term improvements.